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It brings to an end a long career that began almost by accident when his Suffolk secondary school science master decided it would be a good idea to create a radio station with his students. Ray said: “He wanted it on actual radios and we started, for want of a better word, a pirate radio station and I was one of the DJs.” When he left school Ray found work as a resident DJ at a London venue in Kingston and one evening the management suggested a live band might be nice. He said: “Being 18 and knowing everything, I said I can get you a band. The only band I knew was Blackfoot Sue, so we had them on and it was packed. He said, that’s great, can you get someone every week and I said of course I can, so I did. ....